Tuesday, March 09, 2004
A Critique of Pure Hooah
During the last year, I've had the opportunity to ponder some of life's more philosophical questions, if you will. Some salient points follow:
On Materialism
Is matter all that there is? Can a Thing really exist beyond the theoretical ability of our senses to perceive it? And if so, who is going to sign for it?
I wouldn't knowingly do such a thing. But having held two separate commands, and having survived four separate change of command inventories, it is clear that Existence beyond the Realm of the Material is not only possible; it is a certainty. The property book doesn't lie.
On an AfterLife
Since we have established that existence (or Existence, if you're into that kind of thing) is possible on a nonmaterial plane, then it follows that an afterlife cannot be ruled out. Indeed, my unit DA 1379 payroll summary printout appears to confirm it. Soldiers continue to be listed on the payroll long after they have been discharged or deceased.
Further, National Guard units across the nation have long been counting "soldiers of the ethereal plane" as part of their strength in order to preserve full time Guard/Reserve technician billets--themselves often evidence that life--or at least employment--is possible long after the body ceases to function. At least between 8 AM and 5 PM.
So if there is an afterlife, what, then, is the cutoff score?
By MOS?
The Military Ontological Proof Of the Existence of God
1.) A postulate: God possesses a military rank beyond which nothing can be concieved.
2.) Postulate further: A God who exists outranks a God which doesn't exist.
The Military Ontological Proof of the NonExistence of God
If Postulate 1 is really true, then why does God act so much like a Warrant Officer? Particularly in the Book of Job?
On Forgiveness
Forgiveness is sweetest when the sentence on the Article 15 is suspended.
On Faith
I have seen the unshakable faith of the Mohammedan. And I have seen that faith shattered by the effects of American firepower.
I have also seen devout Christians become atheists and atheists turn to God in times of crisis. Personal faith is fragile, in the religious sense, anyway. Man's perception of God is a fickle and protean thing.
But there is no faith so lasting, so innocent, and so pure, as the enduring, simple faith that a Lance Corporal has that the weapon he is nonchalantly pointing at his foot is clear.
On Materialism
Is matter all that there is? Can a Thing really exist beyond the theoretical ability of our senses to perceive it? And if so, who is going to sign for it?
I wouldn't knowingly do such a thing. But having held two separate commands, and having survived four separate change of command inventories, it is clear that Existence beyond the Realm of the Material is not only possible; it is a certainty. The property book doesn't lie.
On an AfterLife
Since we have established that existence (or Existence, if you're into that kind of thing) is possible on a nonmaterial plane, then it follows that an afterlife cannot be ruled out. Indeed, my unit DA 1379 payroll summary printout appears to confirm it. Soldiers continue to be listed on the payroll long after they have been discharged or deceased.
Further, National Guard units across the nation have long been counting "soldiers of the ethereal plane" as part of their strength in order to preserve full time Guard/Reserve technician billets--themselves often evidence that life--or at least employment--is possible long after the body ceases to function. At least between 8 AM and 5 PM.
So if there is an afterlife, what, then, is the cutoff score?
By MOS?
The Military Ontological Proof Of the Existence of God
1.) A postulate: God possesses a military rank beyond which nothing can be concieved.
2.) Postulate further: A God who exists outranks a God which doesn't exist.
The Military Ontological Proof of the NonExistence of God
If Postulate 1 is really true, then why does God act so much like a Warrant Officer? Particularly in the Book of Job?
On Forgiveness
Forgiveness is sweetest when the sentence on the Article 15 is suspended.
On Faith
I have seen the unshakable faith of the Mohammedan. And I have seen that faith shattered by the effects of American firepower.
I have also seen devout Christians become atheists and atheists turn to God in times of crisis. Personal faith is fragile, in the religious sense, anyway. Man's perception of God is a fickle and protean thing.
But there is no faith so lasting, so innocent, and so pure, as the enduring, simple faith that a Lance Corporal has that the weapon he is nonchalantly pointing at his foot is clear.
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